(JavaScript) Get Firebase Access Token from JSON Service Account Private Key

Demonstrates how to get a Firebase access token using a JSON service account private key. Your Firebase service account can be used to authenticate multiple Firebase features, such as Database, Storage and Auth, programmatically.

A Firebase JSON service account private key can be created in the Firebase settings/admin portion of the console.firebase.google.com site as shown here:

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Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// First load the Firebase JSON private key into a string.
var fac = new CkFileAccess();
var jsonKey = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/firebase/firebase-chilkat-firebase-adminsdk-n28n4-1b664ee163.json","utf-8");
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// A Firebase JSON private key should look something like this:

// { 
//   "type": "service_account",
//   "project_id": "firebase-chilkat",
//   "private_key_id": "1c664ee164907413c91ddefcf5b765ecba8779e2",
//   "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvQIBA ... Ya2UZii/lXn73/ZOK8=\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
//   "client_email": "firebase-adminsdk-n28n4@firebase-chilkat.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
//   "client_id": "134846322329335418431",
//   "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
//   "token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
//   "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
//   "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/firebase-adminsdk-n28n4%40firebase-chilkat.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
// } 
// 

var gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
gAuth.JsonKey = jsonKey;

// Choose a scope.
// The scope could be "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database"
// or a space-delimited list of scopes:
// "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"

gAuth.Scope = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.database https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email";

// Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
gAuth.ExpireNumSeconds = 3600;

// If the application is requesting delegated access:
// The email address of the user for which the application is requesting delegated access,
// then set the email address here. (Otherwise leave it empty.)
gAuth.SubEmailAddress = "";

// Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS (TLS 1.2 is the default.)
// The Chilkat socket object is used so that the connection can be established
// through proxies or an SSH tunnel if desired.
var tlsSock = new CkSocket();
success = tlsSock.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,5000);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(tlsSock.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Send the request to obtain the access token.
success = gAuth.ObtainAccessToken(tlsSock);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(gAuth.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Examine the access token:
console.log("Firebase Access Token: " + gAuth.AccessToken);

// Save the token to a file (or wherever desired).  This token is valid for 1 hour.
fac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt",gAuth.AccessToken,"utf-8",false);